Delaware Public Archives to host program on the history of license plates

Mike Williams, chief of administrative policy and communications for the Division of Motor Vehicles at the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) will present a special program Nov. 2 about the history of Delaware license plates and why they are so interesting to the citizens of the First State.

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By Staff Reports

Dover Post

By Staff Reports

Posted Oct. 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM

By Staff Reports

Posted Oct. 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM

Dover, Del.

Mike Williams, chief of administrative policy and communications for the Division of Motor Vehicles at the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) will present a special program Nov. 2 about the history of Delaware license plates and why they are so interesting to the citizens of the First State.

The program will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Delaware Public Archives, 121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. North, Dover. The program will include topics such as the black and white porcelain sets from the 1940s, the black stainless steel tags from the 1950s, and the story behind the font-style changes in the early 1990s. Williams, a native of the First State, is a graduate of the University of Delaware and has worked for the state since 1995.

He began his state career as a community relations officer with the Office of Highway Safety, before moving to DelDOT in 1997 as primary media spokesperson. After serving as manager of the DelDOT Public Relations Office for six years, he joined the staff of the DMV as Chief of Communications in 2012.